THE TRAVAILS OF JAMES GBENGA OLANIYI -Episode 1 of 6
Born to a family of six, I am the second child and first boy of the family. James Gbenga Olaniyi is my name. I was brought into this world on the 6th of June 1983. According to my mum, my dad was over-joyed having had his first male child who was not a still-birth as there had being 3 still-births by my mum all males before my elder sister, Nike came to be. My life have not been a life of pleasure from the beginning. There have being a lot of ups and downs.
I wrote my WAEC examinations in the year 2000, I also had a very high score in UME, 225. But when WAEC results came out, I had a D in English Language which thwarted my hope and ambition of going to the University at an early age. Although people say I was still young, I did not believe because I had dreams of finishing University at the age of 25. But that was not God’s plan for me. I wanted to study Petrochemical Engineering. But, the Almighty had a great plan for me.
I wrote UME again in 2001, having cleared my papers by writing WAEC/GCE in 2000, but still no admission. I was just at home. I did all the clean-up, cooking and all other house chores. Whenever there was an error of any kind in the house, I was called for query. I had to answer to it. It was a frustrating experience, but it thought me a lot as regards taking care of home. My dad a very nice man, but very strict, he disliked anything or anyone going against his rules and will not hesitate to punish anyone who goes against his rules. All of us kept his rules and he loved us all except that I had always questioned his love for me ever since my mum gave birth to Isaac, fourth child and second boy, my dad became hostile to me, he started treating me as if am not his son, the case got worse when John and Samuel were given birth to. I began to presume that something was wrong somewhere, but I do not know where or how and why it is so.
I wrote my WAEC examinations in the year 2000, I also had a very high score in UME, 225. But when WAEC results came out, I had a D in English Language which thwarted my hope and ambition of going to the University at an early age. Although people say I was still young, I did not believe because I had dreams of finishing University at the age of 25. But that was not God’s plan for me. I wanted to study Petrochemical Engineering. But, the Almighty had a great plan for me.
I wrote UME again in 2001, having cleared my papers by writing WAEC/GCE in 2000, but still no admission. I was just at home. I did all the clean-up, cooking and all other house chores. Whenever there was an error of any kind in the house, I was called for query. I had to answer to it. It was a frustrating experience, but it thought me a lot as regards taking care of home. My dad a very nice man, but very strict, he disliked anything or anyone going against his rules and will not hesitate to punish anyone who goes against his rules. All of us kept his rules and he loved us all except that I had always questioned his love for me ever since my mum gave birth to Isaac, fourth child and second boy, my dad became hostile to me, he started treating me as if am not his son, the case got worse when John and Samuel were given birth to. I began to presume that something was wrong somewhere, but I do not know where or how and why it is so.
